CHINA : 11 injured after Hong Kong tram tips over

April 6, 2017, 3:09 PM IST

Emergency service personnel watch as a double-decker tram is lifted by crane after it tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017.
At least eleven people were injured when a double-decker tram tipped over in Hong Kong, authorities said on April 6, in a rare accident on the city's public transport network. Trams, known as "ding-dings" for the sound of their bells, have serviced the city's main island for more than a century and carry around 200,000 passengers a day. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE

Emergency service personnel watch as a double-decker tram is lifted by a crane after it tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017. At least eleven people were injured when a double-decker tram tipped over in Hong Kong, authorities said on April 6, in a rare accident on the city’s public transport network. Trams, known as “ding-dings” for the sound of their bells, have serviced the city’s main island for more than a century and carry around 200,000 passengers a day. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE

Police walk under a cordon after a double-decker tram tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017. At least eleven people were injured when a double-decker tram tipped over in Hong Kong, authorities said on April 6, in a rare accident on the city’s public transport network. Trams, known as “ding-dings” for the sound of their bells, have serviced the city’s main island for more than a century and carry around 200,000 passengers a day. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE

Emergency service personnel use a blow torch to cut open a double-decker tram after it tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017. At least eleven people were injured when a double-decker tram tipped over in Hong Kong, authorities said on April 6, in a rare accident on the city’s public transport network. Trams, known as “ding-dings” for the sound of their bells, have serviced the city’s main island for more than a century and carry around 200,000 passengers a day. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE

Emergency service personnel work to secure a crane hook onto a double-decker tram after it tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017. At least eleven people were injured when a double-decker tram tipped over in Hong Kong, authorities said on April 6, in a rare accident on the city’s public transport network. Trams, known as “ding-dings” for the sound of their bells, have serviced the city’s main island for more than a century and carry around 200,000 passengers a day. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE

A bystander (R) watches as emergency service personnel use a spotlight to inspect the under carriage of a double-decker tram after it tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017. The driver of a double-decker tram that tipped over in Hong Kong injuring 14 people was arrested April 6 on suspicion of dangerous driving. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE

A member of the emergency services shines his torch into the top deck of a double-decker tram after it tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017. At least eleven people were injured when a double-decker tram tipped over in Hong Kong, authorities said on April 6, in a rare accident on the city’s public transport network. Trams, known as “ding-dings” for the sound of their bells, have serviced the city’s main island for more than a century and carry around 200,000 passengers a day. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE

Emergency service personnel watch as a double-decker tram is lifted by crane after it tipped over on a main road in Hong Kong, early on April 6, 2017. At least eleven people were injured when a double-decker tram tipped over in Hong Kong, authorities said on April 6, in a rare accident on the city’s public transport network. Trams, known as “ding-dings” for the sound of their bells, have serviced the city’s main island for more than a century and carry around 200,000 passengers a day. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE